Center for Korean Studies awarded $820K grant
The newly created Research Institute Program for Korean Studies grant will award $820,000 over the next 10 years.
Music professor awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Donald Reid Womack plans to use the fellowship to write a geomungo concerto for virtuoso Yoon Jeong Heo.
‘Defector artist’ from North Korea visits UH Mānoa with his art
Acclaimed Korean artist Song Byeok will visit UH Mānoa to showcase his art and participate in a conference on the North Korean diaspora.
Largest Korean language program in the country revels in recent success
In addition to extensive overseas study and intensive courses at UH Mānoa, flagship students earned scholarships to continue their academic work at UH and abroad.
Activist Changrok Soh speaks on human rights issues in Asia
Specializing in human rights, security and international relations, Soh is working toward establishing a system that promotes and protects human rights in Asia.
Korean studies lecture series created by UH alumni
Sung Chul and Daisy Yang of Yongin pledge $1 million to establish an endowment to support the Drs. Sung Chul Yang and Daisy Lee Yang Lecture Series.
Korean modernity to be examined at UH conference
Scholars explore colonial societal and cultural metamorphosis in 1920s and 1930s Korea
Sohn receives Korean honors for language work
Linguistics expert Ho-min Sohn is honored by the Korean government for his work on Korean language.
